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MMSD – workshops, meetings and presentations
… search our Publications Library . Please contact us if you can't find what you are looking for. All project publications are available for free download. MMSD – final report MMSD – further reports MMSD – regional reports MMSD … Ministries Forum - Forum Summary World Mines Ministries Forum -  "Is Industry Ready for a Sustainable Development Code for Mining?" World …
Article, 04 March 2009
MMSD – final report
… search our Publications Library . Please contact us if you can't find what you are looking for. All project publications are available for free download. MMSD – final report MMSD – further reports MMSD – regional reports MMSD – working papers … MMSD – final report …
Article, 03 March 2009
MMSD – draft materials
… search our Publications Library . Please contact us if you can't find what you are looking for. All project publications are available for free download. MMSD – final report MMSD – further reports MMSD – regional reports MMSD – working papers … MMSD – draft materials …
Article, 04 March 2009
The Collahuasi copper mine in northern Chile is a zero-discharge operation, with much of its water being recycled (Photo: Pablo Necochea, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Mining: Big progress but new challenges as sector searches for sustainability
… Fair ideas conference in Rio de Janeiro on 16-17 June. "The 2002 MMSD report was a game-changer," says Buxton. "For the first time, … their understanding of and commitment to sustainable development, and what they can do to contribute to it," says Buxton. "They have made … idea of what good practice looks like. The challenge that remains is to implement these policies on the ground." The report notes that …
News, 06 June 2012
Open pit mine in Central Cebu, Philippines.
Mining: Implementing sustainability needs new perspective
… As my previous post reported, an understanding of sustainability and what good practice mining looks like has certainly increased over the … – a set of good practice principles that emerged from of the MMSD process . Panellist Lina Villa Cordobas, Executive Director for the … the priorities now for communities and governments? I agree that this is the question we need to address. We need practical action that …
Insight, 18 June 2012
Small-scale miners dig soil mining for tin in Rwanda.
The mining sector searches for sustainability
… It is rare for a controversial industry to engage with its critics, seek … and pledge positive action for sustainable development. But this is what happened in 2002 when the mining sector's big players sought to … through the landmark Mining, Minerals and Sustainable Development (MMSD) initiative . Ten years on, I have spoken to some of those involved …
Insight, 13 June 2012
Miners pushing a cart out of a mine near the Bolivian town of Potosi. For centuries this area had the richest silver mines in South America. Today many of the mines are worked by local cooperatives, but conditions are still harsh (Photo Nyall & Maryanne, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Listen and learn: lessons from the small-scale mining sector
… and small-scale (ASM) miners will be present.  IIED thinks that it is time communities had a bigger voice at the table in defining the … will be able to address the issues that continue to plague it. MMSD: changing the agenda From 2000-02, IIED housed the Mining, Minerals … decision making, with communities given a greater voice in defining what sustainable development means for mining. Artisanal and small-scale …
Insight, 05 February 2015
MMSD – working papers
… search our Publications Library . Please contact us if you can't find what you are looking for. All project publications are available for free download. MMSD – final report MMSD – further reports MMSD – regional reports MMSD – working papers … MMSD – working papers …
Article, 04 March 2009
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Mining, Minerals and Sustainable Development North America Towards Change The Work and Results of MMSD North America Mining, Minerals and Sustainable Development North America
… Development North America Towards Change The Work and Results of MMSD North America Mining, Minerals and Sustainable Development North … The Work and Results of industry that was respected for its: MMSD North America s contribution to people and the environment; s … encourage this shift: The Legacy Issue 1. Expand efforts to deal with what's left from the past. 2. Strengthen rules, incentives and programs …
Publication, 01 January 1970
Some of the publications produced by IIED during 2015 (Image: IIED)
IIED's best of 2015: publications
… free of charge: to find out more, please contact us . Here is our top 10 for 2015: Democratising international investment law: … political will.  Read more: IIED's Human Settlements Group is working with partners around the world to identify the challenges and …
Article, 31 December 2015